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Acknowledgments
This paper is an abridged version of the Nepal Land Watch
Country paper for Land Watch Asia on the status of Access to
Land and opportunities and strategies for Civil Society advocacy.
This is a collective effort of more than 37 individuals and civil
society organizations (CSOs) in Nepal
This work’s principal authors and researchers are Mr. Jagat
Basnet and Mr. Jagat Deuja, Community Self-Reliance Centre
(CSRC); Mr. Baburam Acharya, Secretary of Land Reform and
Management; Mr. Ghanshayam Pandey, FECOFUN; Ms. Yamuna
Ghale; Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) and Krishna
Pathak, Advisor of CSRC. It was prepared under the overall guidance
of Mr. Jagat Basnet, Executive Director, CSRC which acts
as the focal point for Land Watch Asia in Nepal. The Federation
of Community Forest Users Nepal (FECOFUN) and NGO Federation
of Nepal (NFN) are partners to these processes.
The paper greatly benefited from comments and suggestions of
the participants of the validation workshops organized in
Kathmandu, Nepal and carried out the study from July 2007 to
March 2008. Editing work was undertaken by Alex Linghorn,
Volunteer of CSRC and Mr. Teeka Bhattarai, Independent Consultant.
We would like to acknowledge all the institutions and individuals
who were involved in the process of generating this Country
paper listed as follows:
List of Organizations Involved:
Abhiyan Nepal; Centre for Rural Community Development
(CRCD); Centre for Social Development and Research
(CSDR); Community Development and
Environment Protection (CDEP); Community Self Reliance
Centre (CSRC); Dalit Samrakshan Samaj; Dhanusja
Sewa Samiti; District Dalit Network; Diyalo Pariwar; Federation
of Community Forest Users Nepal (FECOFUN);
Community Development and Environment Conservation
Forum (CDECF); Gramin Sayamsebak Samaj
Saralahi; Indreni Samajik Bikash Sangh; Janachetana
Dalit Sangam; Kapilvastu Institutional Development
Committee; Kisan Adhikar ka Lagi Sahayogi Samuha;
MODE Nepal; NAF, Rasuwa; National Land Rights Concern
Groups; National Land Rights Forum including the
district Forums; Nepal Chepang Sangha; RCC Nepal
Bardiya; Regional Dalit Network (RDN); Rural Development
Society; Sarad Samaj Bikas; Shidarth Samajik
Bikash Sang; Society Welfare Action Nepal (SWAN); Sustainable
Livelihood Forum (SLF); Women Support Society,
Nepal; Local clubs and civil society organizations;
community support groups.
International Non-Government Organizations:
ActionAid Nepal; Canadian Cooperation Organization
(CCO); CARE Nepal; DANIDA/HUGOU; Danish Association
for International Cooperation Nepal (MS Nepal); Oxfam
Nepal; Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC); Saplaneer
Particularly, the Ministry of Land Reform and Management and its
departments including the districts offices have been involved.
We dedicate this work and our collective commitment to Asia’s
rural poor and their pursuit for equitable access to land and resources
for their sustained development.
This abridged paper is made possible with the support of
ActionAid International (AAI), International Land Coalition (ILC),
and MISEREOR. The views and the information provided in this
paper do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of AAI, ILC,
and MISEREOR.